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Abriee
I feel that upon death if organs can help someone else live then maybe we should consider donating. I think of myself with a husband and small children. What if I were to get sick and needed a transplant? I sure would want to be...
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Written on July 26th, 2008
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miles2gob4isleep
I have Narcolepsy, which they fairly recently were able to state conclusivly, the it is an autoimmune disease. It also has a genetic component, so one of my two son's developed the disease as well. Like many autoimmune...
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Written on October 2nd, 2010
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lkibbie
I was born with a congenital illness...Eisenmenger's Syndrome. Basically my heart had some missing parts and it flooded my lungs with blood...thus causing my lungs to develop extremely high pressure. When I was 19 years old I had gone...
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Written on February 9th, 2011
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Plaid
My friend Betty's daughter is only alive today because a stranger signed his organ donation card. Because this man (his gender and I think age is all that was disclosed to the recipients) was willing to share organs he no longer...
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Written on November 3rd, 2011
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smitty09
I want to encourage organ donation because it needs help. Five years ago, I gave a kidney to Bob Hickey, a stranger. It was such an experience; being able to give a kidney to this man was an honor I hope others feel as I did. We just...
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Written on November 23rd, 2009
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doll327
We didn't have alot of money but I had a son I loved and a boyfriend who loved us both. I just started a new job and didn't have insurance yet. I was feeling sick but not like with a cold. I thought I might be pregnant. My friend said I...
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Written on June 14th, 2012
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